Table 1.
Characteristics of ARIC participants at visit 6 (2016–2017) overall and stratified by the presence or absence of peripheral neuropathy
| Overall (N = 3362) | Peripheral Neuropathy |
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|---|---|---|---|
| No (N = 2044) | Yes (N = 1318) | ||
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| Mean age, years (SD) | 79.3 (4.7) | 78.6 (4.3) | 80.5 (5.0) |
| Male | 41.1% | 31.4% | 56.2% |
| Black | 20.4% | 20.3% | 20.5% |
| Education | |||
| Less than high school | 11.1% | 9.5% | 13.5% |
| High school or vocational school | 41.3% | 42.7% | 39.2% |
| Some college and above | 47.6% | 47.7% | 47.3% |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | |||
| <25.0 | 28.9% | 30.8% | 25.9% |
| 25.0-<30.0 | 38.9% | 39.7% | 37.6% |
| ≥30.0 | 32.2% | 29.5% | 36.5% |
| Smoking status | |||
| Never | 45.0% | 46.1% | 43.3% |
| Former | 48.3% | 47.4% | 49.8% |
| Current | 6.7% | 6.5% | 6.9% |
| Drinking status | |||
| Never | 20.4% | 20.5% | 20.2% |
| Former | 28.3% | 27.1% | 30.3% |
| Current | 51.3% | 52.4% | 49.5% |
| Diabetes status | |||
| No | 68.1% | 70.2% | 64.9% |
| Yes | 31.9% | 29.8% | 35.1% |
| Prevalent cardiovascular disease | 18.2% | 15.1% | 23.1% |
| Prevalent stroke | 3.5% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Prevalent cancer | 26.0% | 24.5% | 28.3% |
| Hypertension | 84.0% | 82.2% | 86.5% |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 60.5% | 59.9% | 61.4% |
| Peripheral artery disease* | 5.2% | 4.2% | 6.7% |
| APOE e4 present | 27.2% | 27.3% | 27.1% |
*
Percentages are out of 2965 participants with ankle brachial index measurements at visit 5